This document is a proposal form for a final major project to produce a promotional documentary for a local indoor skate park business. The documentary will include interviews with local athletes describing the facility and their activities. It will target people interested in action sports and promote the skate park's business. The production techniques will involve using camera equipment from college and the skate park, as well as help from people featured in the video, to make the documentary as professional as possible.

1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
Unit 4: Final Major Project Proposal Form
MediaFormat (film,
documentary,motiongraphics,
photography,animation,
graphicdesignetc)
For my final majorprojectIwill produce apromotional
documentaryfora local indoorskate park business.Thiswill
include variousinterviewswiththe local athleteswhowill
describe the specificationsof the facilityandhow/whytheydo
whatthey’re doingtodate.
SynopsisofIdea (content,
narrative,genre)
Thisstyle of documentaryisunique inthe waythatnot many
videosexistof thisparticularstyle,soIthinkthat makingthis
videowouldbe easierthananyothertheme because itsuits my
personalityandcanbe made around myout of college hobbies.
Alsoif successful the videocanbe putontothe skate park(Beast
Rampz) website whichcanpromote the skate parksbusinessand
my college work.
Target Audience?
(demographicNOTage range)
The target audience forthe planbasedonmy ideawill be for
people whoare interestedinactionsports.The people thatwould
mainlybe watchingthe videowouldbe bothgenderswhoeveris
interestedinanyactionsportswhichare containedinthe skate
park. Itcould alsobe aimedina demographicwayforthe parents
of some people couldresearchthe skate parkandby watching
thisvideoitwill includeall the informationandarrange of
photographyshots,thiswill tellthemeverythingtheywill need to
knowaboutthe skate parke.g. Where it’sbased,postcode and
telephonenumbersandotheressentialinformation.
How will your project meet the
needs of your target audience?
It will include stylesof arange of sports fromScooterriding,
BMXingand skateboarding.Itmayalsocontainsportswhich
aren’tso popularandthisvideowill promote thatsporttoevolve
it intosomethingbigger.Anotherwaythe videocouldmeetits
target audience isbyusingbothmale andfemale gendersinthe
video, BeastRampzhave bothgenderstryingall differentsports
and thisvideocanshow that bothboys andgirlscan enjoya range
of extreme sportswhichtheydidn’tknow existed.
Whatproductiontechniques
will you use to realise your
project?
The productiontechniquesIwill use toproduce myfinal major
projectwill involve equipment,locationrequirements,castwhich
will be featuredanddatesforfilming.The equipmentIwill be
usingwill eitherbe the Nikon600D or a Canoncamera,also
people whoinvolvedinthe videowill helpme outwithbitswhich
can’t be hiredfromcollege.ForexampleBeastRampzcanprovide
me witha slide geardollyforsmoothershotswhenfilming,and
alsoa featuredpersoninmyvideoisalsoacollege studentfor
photographysoshe couldhelpprovide equipmenttomake my
documentaryasprofessional aspossible.
LewisDunnFinal Major ProjectProposal